ST. LOUIS – Redshirt sophomore Jim Wilson finished eighth, Saturday, at the 2015 NCAA Tournament held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Wilson, the No. 10 seed in the tournament, fell to third-seeded Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin 3-2 in the seventh-place match. Scoreless after the opening period, both wrestlers tallied escapes in the second and third periods, but a late takedown by Jordan proved to be the difference.
Wilson, a psychology major from Lodi, California, wraps-up his second season with the Cardinal with a team-best 34-7 overall record. He is now 69-15 in two seasons at Stanford.
Friday evening, Wilson won in the round of 12 to become the 17th All-American in program history and the first since Nick Amuchastegui (2nd) and Ryan Mango (5th) placed in St. Louis in 2012. Wilson is the first sophomore to earn the status since Mango (6th) did so in 2011 in Philadephia.
Stanford’s Tournament Results:
125 pounds
Evan Silver (0-2): lost to (6) Thomas Gilman (Iowa), 14-4; lost to Joaquin Marquez (Citadel), 10-3.
133 pounds
Connor Schram (0-2): lost to (1) Chris Dardanes (Minnesota), 6-1; lost to Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma State), 9-1.
149 pounds
Garrett Schaner (2-2): dec. (6) Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), 11-10; lost to (11) Tywan Claxton (Ohio), 7-2; dec. Marcus Cain (Duke), 7-6; lost to (14) Cody Ruggirello (Hofstra), 8-0.
165 pounds
(10) Jim Wilson (4-3; 8th): dec. Mitchell Polkowske (Northern Colorado), 4-3; lost to (7) Pierce Harger (Northwestern), 4-1; dec. Connor Brennan (Rider), 6-1; dec. (16) Harrison Hightower (Ohio), 4-2 (SV); dec. (13) Cooper Moore (UNI), 7-5 (SV); lost to (9) Jackson Morse (Illinois), 6-2; lost to (3) Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin), 3-2.
285 pounds
Nathan Butler (1-2): dec. David Ng (Harvard), 5-1; lost to (11) Devin Mellon (Missouri), 5-4; lost to Collin Jensen (Nebraska), 5-3.